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[67thRaptorBull]

Ok, so upon building my system i realized the graphics card was broken (tried powering up, got no video) so i am going to order a new one, but i just got some extra money, so i have a whole new plan

i can either stay with the asus and AMD athlon xp 3200, and spend the extra money on an upgraded graphics card (whatever is better then a 9800 pro)

or i can stick with the 9800 pro and upgrade to a AMD 64 (between a 2800 and 3200) with matching asus

now, first off, whats the next best ati card after the 9800 series?

second, what would all around juice up the system, the better graphics card, or the 64 series AMD processor??


ok, now some other questions

1) if im using a cpu shim, how worried should i be that i might crack or break the cpu due to over tightening of the heatsink?
do you have any suggestions on how to prevent that?

2) if i upgrade my cooler on the video card, should i also be worried about overtighening and breaking that to?
if so, how can i tell when enough is enough?



thats about it for now, i just wanted to know about the video or cpu upgrade, as i was planning to slowly switch to a better graphics card and cpu, but since i have some more money now, i just wanted to know which to upgrade first, thanks

[AnThRaX]

Im personally a more ATI fan, but I suggest the Geforce FX6800 GT or maybe the 5950 and overclock them.

[67thRaptorBull]

QUOTE (AnThRaX @ Jul 24 2004, 09:25 PM)

Im personally a more ATI fan, but I suggest the Geforce FX6800 GT or maybe the 5950 and overclock them.

so upgrade the video card and not the processor?

[67thRaptorBull]

ok, so its either a choice between an ATI RADEON X800 (256 mb) video card

or a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor


which one should i get now, and which should i wait to get at christmas?


***my current system now is a amd athlon xp 3200+ and a ati radeon 9800 pro (128mb)

[AnThRaX]

QUOTE (67thRaptorBull @ Jul 25 2004, 06:20 PM)

ok, so its either a choice between an ATI RADEON X800 (256 mb) video card or a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor which one should i get now, and which should i wait to get at christmas? ***my current system now is a amd athlon xp 3200+ and a ati radeon 9800 pro (128mb)

Im telling you man, get the 6800 gt it will be cheaper and plus it supports the 3.0 shading which ati doesn't and overclock's very nicely. Maybe you should check out the benchmarks with the x800 xt/x800 pro against the 6800/6800u the normal 6800 beats the xt in many benchmarks except a few.

[67thRaptorBull]

well, now that ive seen some of these prices, ive decided im going to upgrade to an athlon 64 now, and for christmas, once prices come down, or a better card is made, ill wait for video upgrades

[AnThRaX]

QUOTE (67thRaptorBull @ Jul 25 2004, 07:17 PM)

well, now that ive seen some of these prices, ive decided im going to upgrade to an athlon 64 now, and for christmas, once prices come down, or a better card is made, ill wait for video upgrades

RaGe is selling a a64 3200+ in his bst that I know of.

[67thRaptorBull]

QUOTE (AnThRaX @ Jul 25 2004, 11:27 PM)

RaGe is selling a a64 3200+ in his bst that I know of.

thanks, im looking for good deals


and when christmas comes, im gonna dish out the 500 for the X800 XT platinum, it looks amazing

[AnThRaX]

QUOTE (67thRaptorBull @ Jul 25 2004, 11:50 PM)

thanks, im looking for good deals and when christmas comes, im gonna dish out the 500 for the X800 XT platinum, it looks amazing

Why? Get the 6800 im a ATI fan but the benchmarks don't lie the GT alone takes the XT on.

[67thRaptorBull]

QUOTE (AnThRaX @ Jul 26 2004, 01:35 AM)

Why? Get the 6800 im a ATI fan but the benchmarks don't lie the GT alone takes the XT on.

yea, dagoth finally showed me the complete way, and when i do get the money im going to get the XFX6800GT, as ive heard people can overclock them by 20% without more heat